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Newspaper
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
1
Vinita high school overwhelmed Miami high with a dominant football performance. Lionberger and Billingslea starred with multiple touchdowns and precise runs as Vinita built a large early lead and extended it through the second half.
Senator Clarence Davis of Bristow will address the Creek county courthouse audience in Vinita tonight. He will discuss current campaign issues and support James S. Davenport, while covering broader political topics relevant to the Oklahoma race.
Alpena report states twenty seven deaths in Presque Isle county as fires sweep Cheboygan Presque Isle Alpena and Alcona and other northern districts. Search begins to gauge full scope while property damage runs into millions and death toll may rise.
An early morning fire destroyed the Nebraska military academy three miles west of Lincoln. Sixty five enrolled boys escaped unharmed. Property losses estimated at 100000 dollars. Also reports from Vinita and Miami football games note Vinita dominating 38 to 0, 43 to 0, and 53 to 0 with multiple touchdowns by Franklin and other players.
Guthrie reports Governor Haskell claims Hearst tried to evade capture on multiple trains. Officials searched trains for Hearst, finding him at Oromba, with a telegram noting his arrest at midnight. Haskell denies letters promising legal expenses or summons, and cites Bramble Millinery in Le Louis as part of Hearst’s travel incognito.
Greensboro North Carolina dispatch reports William M. Taft republican candidate for president was introduced by J Ellwood Cox republican nominee for governor at High Point today. Taft shook hands with engineer H C Elmore republican nominee for corporation commissioner and with the conductor, a republican nominee for the legislature, after a speech.
Judge David B. Howell of the Criminal Court in Newark shot himself twice in the head in the park while awaiting his appearance in court. He died in the hospital after the act, following a chaotic political campaign in which he had challenged his supporters.
Associated Press reports mass killings in Armenia as Berlin press notes grim conditions. The German Tageblatt and other papers relay alarming details about widespread violence and civilian casualties amid ongoing turmoil.
In Yarmouth on October 17 a Norwegian steamer recovered the German balloon Hergesell about a hundred miles northwest of Heligoland. No sign of the occupants Lieut. Foertsch and assistant found. believed to have perished.
Lawrence Kansas October 17 Kansas battles Oklahoma at McCook Field with small chance of many goals as Bennie Owen’s Sooners arrive in top form. Kansas reshuffles its lineup under Kennedy and Mosse hoping for a surprise win while Oklahoma seeks to extend its perfect start and silence Kansas’ early-season struggles.
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